Typographical machine.



G. P. RUBLY.

TYPOGRAPHIGAL MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED Dnc. s, 1912.

1,1 19,542. Patented Dec. 1? 1914.

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,'UNTTED sTATEs PATENT oFPioE;

CHARLES P. RUBLY, oF NEWARK, New JERSEY, nssIeNoR To MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE COMPANY, A CORPORATION or Nnw Yoan.

TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented 1390.1,191-4..

Application led December 5, 1912. Serial No. 735,087.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES P. RUBLY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Typographical Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to typographical machines, such as linotype machines of the general organization represented in Letters Patent of the United States, No. 436,532, to O. Mergenthaler, wherein circulating matrices are released from a magazine in the order in which their characters are to appear in print and then assembled in line, the composed line transferred to the face of a mold, the mold filled with molten metal to form a slug or linotype against the matrices which produce the type characters thereon, and the -matrices thereafter returned through a distributing mechanism to the magazine from which they started.

More particularly, it relates to the distributing mechanism, etc., as illustrated in said patent or as employed in the commercial linotype machine, wherein the matrices are conveyed to the distributing mechanism by a carrier ordinarily known as the second elevator.

In the actual operation of these machines, it sometimes occurs that a matrix is reversed in the line, or that one of anotherr font is contained-therein, which should be removed before the line is distributed. This is ordinarily done by the operator, and it is desirable that the elevator be maintained in its upper or operative position during the operation. As the manipulation of the wrong or misplaced matrix is most conveniently eifected by both hands, it is the purpose of my invention to relieve the operator from the necessity of manually holding the elevator during the operation. To this end, l provide a locking means, preferably in the form of a latch connected to the elevator, whereby it may be held temporarily in position and thus leave both hands free for the removal or shifting of the offending matrix.

In the accompanying drawing, I have shown my invention in preferred form and by way of example, and as applied to the style of machine referred to, but obviously many variations and modifications thereof,

Fig. 2 is a similar View showing the parts in different position; and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view through the latch.

its is usual in this style of machine, the matrices X are transported by the second elevator Gr to the distributer box A, into which they are moved by the transfer device B. F ig. 1 shows the elevator slightly before it has reached its final position, and F ig. 9 shows it therein. The elevator G is provided with the pivoted finger-latch H, which is operable at will, to engage the stationary frame-work, as for instance the notch C, to lock the elevator in its active position, and thus to allow the operator the free use of both hands for any desired manipulation of the matrices or other parts.

As previously stated, I have shown my invention in preferred form and by way of example, but obviously many alterations and modifications thereof, and in its mode of application, will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art and still be comprised within its scope. Thus, it may be applied not only to other forms of typographical machines, but also to other parts thereof, or in fact wherever it may be required Vto hold a member temporarily in a desired position.

Having thus described my invention, its

construction and mode of operation, what I claim and desire to` secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is as follows:

1. In a linotype machine, the combination of the distributing mechanism, the second elevator to convev the matrices thereto, and manually controlled locking ymeans to hold the elevator temporarily in operative relation to the distributing mechanism.

2. In a linotype machine, the combination of the distribute? box A, and the second elehand this 26th day of November, 1912, in Vatoil Gr 1plovided Wilth the manuallyf operthe presence of two :ittesting Witnesses. ated atei ac a )tet to enoaoe the 'rame- Work of the maeline and hild the elevator CHARLES P RUBLY 5 in operative relation to the distributer box, `Witnessest all for the purpose described. GEORGE F. OLDROYD, In testimony whereof I heeunto set my VMV. JAMIsON.

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